When We Were Young

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Alternative, maybe easier, version:
  • Transpose the chords 3 half steps down [ -3 ]
  • Put a capo on fret 3 to stay in the same key

UKULELE CHORDS

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Intro:
    Cm Gm Ab Eb  
    Fm    Eb

Verse:
Cm          Gm                   Ab  Eb  
 Everybody loves the things you do
                   Fm                  Eb
 From the way you talk to the way you move
Cm          Gm         Ab        Eb  
 Everybody here is watching you
                      Fm                        Eb         Eb Eb   
 Cause you feel like home, you're like a dream come true


Cm           Gm                 Ab   Eb               
 But if by chance you're here alone
               Fm              Eb   Eb Eb  
 Can I have a moment before I go
Cm                   Gm               Ab   Eb  
 Cause I've been by myself all night long
                Fm                 Bb
 Hoping you're someone I used to know

Pre-Chorus:
                  Ab     Bb             
 You look like a movie 
                   Gm   Ab
 You sound like a song
                Ab        Bb
 My god this reminds me   
                   Gm   Bb
 Of when we were young

Chorus:
          Eb            Gm                 Ab              Bb             
 Let me photograph you in this light, in case it is the last time
          Eb         Gm             Ab              Bb       
 That we might be exactly like we were before we realized
          Cm            Eb                Ab        Abm      
 We were sad of getting old, it made us restless
                     Fm  Ab                     Bb     
 It was just like a movie, it was just like a song

Verse:
Cm          Gm               Ab    Eb  
 I was so scared to face my fears
               Fm                    Eb
 Cause nobody told me that you'd be here
Cm            Gm            Ab   Eb  
 And I swore you moved oVerseas
              Fm                     Bb
 That's what you said when you left me

Pre-Chorus:
                        Ab     Bb             
 You still look like a movie 
                         Gm   Ab
 You still sound like a song
                Ab        Bb
 My god this reminds me   
                   Gm   Bb
 Of when we were young

Chorus:
          Eb            Gm                 Ab              Bb             
 Let me photograph you in this light, in case it is the last time
          Eb         Gm             Ab              Bb       
 That we might be exactly like we were before we realized
          Cm            Eb                Ab        Abm      
 We were sad of getting old, it made us restless
                     Fm  Ab                     Bb   Bb  
 It was just like a movie, it was just like a song

Bridge:
       Cm            Eb   
 When we were young
       Ab             Eb  
 When we were young
       Cm            Eb
 When we were young
       Ab             Bb  
 When we were young

Verse:
       Cm      Eb            Ab                Eb       
 It's hard to win me back, everything just takes me back
          Fm           Eb
 To when you were there
          Bb            Bb  
 To when you were there
        Cm               Eb           Ab               Eb  
 And a part of me keeps holding on just in case it hasn't gone
         Fm
 I guess I still care
     Bb             
 Do you still care?

Pre-Chorus:
                     Ab     Bb             
 It was just like a movie 
                     Gm   Ab
 It was just like a song
                Ab        Bb
 My god this reminds me   
                   Gm   Bb
 Of when we were young

Bridge:
       Eb             Gm
 When we were young
       Ab             Bb
 When we were young
       Eb             Gm
 When we were young
       Ab             Bb
 When we were young

Chorus:
          Eb            Gm                 Ab              Bb             
 Let me photograph you in this light, in case it is the last time
          Eb         Gm             Ab              Bb       
 That we might be exactly like we were before we realized
          Cm            Eb                Ab       Bb      
 We were sad of getting old, it made us restless
             Cm             Eb                 Ab       Abm      
 Oh, I'm so mad I'm getting old, it makes me reckless
                     Fm  Ab                     Bb     Gm
 It was just like a movie, it was just like a song
               Eb
 When we were young
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Album: 25

From the same album
  1. All I Ask
  2. Love In The Dark
  3. Million Years Ago
  4. Send My Love (To Your New Lover)
  5. When We Were Young
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Biography

Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, (born 5 May 1988), is a multiple Grammy Award-Winning English singer-songwriter from Enfield, North London. Her debut album, 19, was released in January 2008 and entered the UK album chart at #1. The album has since received four-times Platinum certification in the UK and has sold 5,500,000 copies worldwide. The album included the hugely popular song Chasing Pavements. 19 earned Adele two Grammy Awards in February 2009 for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.

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